Background
Tharp, Benjamin Carroll was born on September 3, 1919 in Austin, Texas, United States. Son of Benjamin Carroll Tharp and Norris (Ophelia) Wallis.
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Benjamin Carroll Tharp
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Bachelor of Architecture, University Texas, 1943.
Career
Draftsman, Wurdeman & Beckett, Los Angeles, 1944; draftsman, Richard Neutra, Los Angeles, 1945; draftsman, Merrill Baird, Los Angeles, 1946; draftsman, Golemon & Rolfe, Houston, 1947; draftsman, Milton Foy Martin, Houston, 1948; principal, Koetter & Tharp, Houston, 1949-1964; principal, Koetter, Tharp & Cowell, Houston, 1964-1978; architect, Koetter, Tharp, Cowell and Lockwood, Andrews, Newman, Houston, 1978-1981; retired, Lockwood, Andrews, Newman, 1981.
Achievements
Politics
Churches should continually prioritize and monitor the progress in adequately representing the increasing racial and ethnic diversity of communities in local congregations and entities.
Views
God wants to see people productive, creative, useful, and supremely happy, within an environment of spiritual perfection, health, peace, and love.
Membership
Board of directors Harris County Soil and Water Conservation District, Houston, 1972-1982. President Construction Industry Council, Houston, 1970. Fellow American Institute of Architects, Texas Society Architects (chairman history resources committee 1986).
Member Montgomery (Texas) History Society, Optimist Club (president Houston chapter 1970).
Connections
Married Mae Sibley;children: Ronald Emery, Carolyn Jeanine Tharp Love.
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Religion
Baptist -
Political Party
Republican